1996 2 door Cherokee
01-23-2014, 12:03 PM
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Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: HO 4.0
1996 2 door Cherokee
I recently picked up this XJ and I'm getting ready for a build.
What it has now:
-33" Goodyear duratrecs
-3" BDS lift
-AX15 trans
-stock geering
Things i want to do:
-Bastard Pack lift w/ s-10 leaf packs, 1" shackles and a shackle relocation kit, new coil springs, and have all the angles and alignment right
-Minor repair
-AW4 swap
-S-10 steering box swap
-Ford 8.8 swap
-removable doors
Parts I plan to buy:
-4.56 gears
-35" Procomp Xtreme M/T2 (5)
-Iron Rock Offroad 8.8 swap kit
-Iron Rock Offroad shackle relocation kit
-Rubicon Express front coils
-6 point rollcage
-OTK 1-ton steering
And of course I want to stiffen the unibody and armor everything up, but that'll be later.
I am looking for input on my ideas. If you have good/bad reviews on the parts or if you have advice on what to do let's hear it
What it has now:
-33" Goodyear duratrecs
-3" BDS lift
-AX15 trans
-stock geering
Things i want to do:
-Bastard Pack lift w/ s-10 leaf packs, 1" shackles and a shackle relocation kit, new coil springs, and have all the angles and alignment right
-Minor repair
-AW4 swap
-S-10 steering box swap
-Ford 8.8 swap
-removable doors
Parts I plan to buy:
-4.56 gears
-35" Procomp Xtreme M/T2 (5)
-Iron Rock Offroad 8.8 swap kit
-Iron Rock Offroad shackle relocation kit
-Rubicon Express front coils
-6 point rollcage
-OTK 1-ton steering
And of course I want to stiffen the unibody and armor everything up, but that'll be later.
I am looking for input on my ideas. If you have good/bad reviews on the parts or if you have advice on what to do let's hear it
01-23-2014, 01:47 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Questioning that as well... Are you going taller with it? Why not just look at higher shackles so you can save the nice leaf pack? Or sell it and find a good used 4.5" leaf pack.
Also questioning the switch to an automatic.
Two door, 4x4, sticks are pretty hard to come by... At least in my neck of the woods.
I wouldn't do the swap.
Also questioning the switch to an automatic.
Two door, 4x4, sticks are pretty hard to come by... At least in my neck of the woods.
I wouldn't do the swap.
01-23-2014, 01:49 PM
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Engine: 4.0
Well I see that, crawling is way easier when you have a dedicated foot for gas and brake, when you need that clutch always tends to be in the most F'd up place. I have a buddy that did the swap and loves it
01-23-2014, 02:26 PM
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Nice Rig
You have a lot of the same thing on your bucket list as I do. The thing is I am just going to keep the 5 spd. Even though I agree with you on wheeling with and automatic is much better (at least for me). I just don't feel I will be doing those crazy hard trails. One thing I don't see on your list which I would like some-day is a Serious Long Arm Kit.
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01-23-2014, 03:43 PM
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Year: 1996
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I do want to go higher with my lift. I didn't really think of finding a 4.5" leaf pack, this is a prime example ofwhy iI asked for advice. And I plan on slowly building my rig into something that I would have to trailer to and from trail systems and parks. The automatic trans will make hard wheeling a little bit easier
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